The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-23

often beer said sstnat no man SYer passed
hlt By, and so Il VAS with the traveller. he
aitchea biz hafse ana joined he green. II
gagged tn earnest pr tats Conversation Whom
they separated there was . SMILE on che
miners face that had never beamed there
4ines before has heart WAS crushed With
disappointment IL Elk weeks from that
day The king miner Rnd his Loaf love were
united, ard ha bride and groom Fatiea TOY
;t W. Y l9gass VIZ n s
mondRs GlAt he now Weafa, as a token ri
gratitude from the united and happy pslT.
Np one can aqgYer lust how the tsngled s5gi y
Of fhislovs affair WIS made straight. Yetit
wan done, and the gentleman informed me
not solve that he told bis heart sorrows to
quietly, with that faFgoif, earnest look Of his
he exnlaimeds u see IL now, y and proceeded
to adyise hun what moYsto make ir she raas-
locked. and KIT holds the key
EtspNa HE MOTHER AHD HnpTIfEns
The newspaper az the Pacific slope pub
| lished GLOW ing tributes Of AellDYstpn0 Kit.
| His adventures WeFp repnnnted and his PUBLIC
| benefAetionR described. In some way ono OF
| theee newspapers came East and lell Into the
| hands OF his long lost mother, who Inmedi.
l Rtely wrote him pHthetto letter STATING that
ennsta Tos8 M, needsd M heip. ftia mother
| did not plead in yam. AZ soon o. Kit read
/ the letter tears, eg 10y atrearned down his
cheeks md he y ance took s i.,9a
cash al his ppesosslons and haaseped
to the East, IN small town he found hia
/ Inotheg and his bEqthere. He bought cons
/ iega. Leaving The family happy and com.
4 foFtably situated, the Eestivs man, who haa
/ spent InqBt Of his fortune Up works Of charity,
| Again we lind him IN the nlipeB. Hia ene-
cess this time ID phenomenal A hpifif Of
speculation seizes him and he goes % Sen
~ seso gss as ~ p ss
day be invested heavily. The stpele Auetuz
eted rapidly and he ioHt 500 GEO In one
hour UDglRnaged hy this piece It tli-lnek,
goes back 70 his mine and digs out another
Ihs career of ! eTeut reyeleg now begins
France. Irsiand, scotland, China, Japan, the
Holy Land, he koas. In each Of these enhas
tries he passed several months. He Istnfnad
Gould system occurred. KIT stood bfayeig
! by The glorhnFmell 20 vas tlFeatened
With death snd aeyer5 atteiElants WsE4 se q
a ittdi supplied the needs 81 shs poor hb6reta.
Ilg bolghs carloads Ct pro Visions and dIH.
etrtkers, He WAS chosen ag the trusted
, bearer Of scaled pRpeFs from tbs knights 81
Labor Of IexAs, He was lBTgely inssgu,
| tuSlkhA III BFhFHHtttls " IARh3 VI HAAAtas
FRIEND no m4RKnD
The eitizens were NOT unmindfgl or his
Efforts and they recognized them ~ passing
resolutions, Preachers, laWgeFa, doctors and
, oil other classes Of people signed these Eese-
I, | lntsOns, His charity did not stop here, He
found several worthy Yqnng men, who Refa
| anxious 10 receive an education Int had no
meanB and he came % their assistance. III
! | ID She architect az a1zen EDHng neula Ter,
tunes, IN this regard hg ta Etrisingly like
AleyRHdef Stephens, tndead, sie great COM
!, | In0dors and the renowned medicine diR,
penssF are wonderfully alike ia mind aId
I heart He has been tod this frequently eiDat
| his coming 10 Atlantic, and he eetefmi
4 l IL as the greatest compliment eyer paid him
! | NJ would be- q difficult matter 70 follow kal
I lowst0ne Kit during hin travels. t4B hal
, been In ali the States and lerTiteriss, and
! has wrought noble work everywhere he hal
been. His beneYGlenee knows uq hqiinds
he dispepBeB fsYofs 70 the poor With laFist
! hepd, He does mot seek popularity but hii
aim d 10 do all the GOOD no can. Every yea
Z be lays aside $4,000 tag charity, 4ile negroes
regard him a. the second Messiah, and WITT
them biz word Is lew. DuFtpR his stal
id Atlanta be has made thonsends Of friends
I | His genial EagR kind hsafk eheerfui con
I FeygatiDp Rnd urhAn# manners win every on
with whom be p thrown ne 2 gHptlemhi
I | In business, honorable, atFalKh ttqEWMyd enf
Z | legitimate. d hanefagtor to the needy ant
4 | suffefipR, His creed ISL n am true 70 pll
Z friends, just 20 my snemieai haze mRliol
toward none and charity tor AL ,N--'A HaHA
Constitution,